In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:17:08 -0700, (Tom
Keats) wrote:

The plan is to finish it black and chrome with a front basket,
folding rear baskets, fenders, generator lights and flat pedals for
quick utility trips.

I just luvs curvy tubes! She's gonna be purty.
'Specially if, during painting, you could get
a crimson underlay and a black overlay to make
a sort of subtle garnet/Coca Cola effect.

Montana, the graffiti paint specialists, have a colour named "Coke".
I was thinking more along the lines of Tremclad glossy black since I
already have a couple cans.

Well at any rate, black & chrome is always a winning
combination in my eyes. Especially with those retro-
looking, bullet-shaped generator headlights. I'm also
enamoured with nickel plate in lieu of chrome; I find
nickel plate has a warmer and less severe look to it
than chrome. And the matte black seen on so many
Euro-style bikes has an allure of its own. But I'm
sure whatever you do with it will work wonderfully.

I noted down at OCB they have a Twenty up for sale.
The poor thing has seen the worst for wear, though.
Nevertheless, I think a right-minded person could
fix 'er up. Twentys make excellent shopping bikes.
At least, as long as they have durable brakes.

As for rise, and as I noted in a previous post,
I'm told OCB is getting-in some super tall stems.

So far this project has cost $18.40 for the frame, handlebar, longer
crank and bigger chain wheel. The steerer tube takes a 21.15mm quill
stem that I was able to scrounge. The seat post out of Yorick fits so
they'll share it until another exercise bike with a 25mm seat post
shows up.

Yeah, I dunno why longer 1" seatposts are so hard to find.
The apehanger thing intrigues me, in terms of my own purposes.
Having a lot of handlebar real estate can be nice.

Contemplating whether to braze on some cable guides and chain guard
mounts.

Sure, why not? I'd be inclined to seek out The Perfect Chainguard
first, though. Unless you already have it. With also a
skirtguard I think it'll become a lovely, petite/pixie-ish
women's city runabout. Small calibre shell casings might make
interesting cable guides/stops. Especially if they have an
Iraq history. Just to make a positive statement about beating
swords into ploughshares. On the other hand, that might be
construed as morbid.

The fenders and baskets will be the items driving up the budget. The
bike shouldn't cost more than seventy five dollars when it's done.
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Heh. You say that now ;-)

It would be kewl if our indigenous artisans would weave
bike-specific baskets while integrating traditional
Native motifs & themes into them. Bike baskets with
local appeal ... hmmmmm ...

A large enough fishing kreel might also make an
interesting & practical bike basket. Maybe stick
some sort of insert into the hole in the lid,
to make a cup/bottle holder.


cheers,
Tom
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